Laboratory and field evaluations of chemical and plant-derived potential repellents against Culicoides biting midges in northern Spain

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 421-431

  Gonzalez M ^a   Venter, G J ^b   Lopez S ^c   Iturrondobeitia, J C ^d   Goldarazena, A ^a,e  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA IQAC CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Culicoides; Culicoides obsoletus; Landing assays; Light traps; Plant extracts; Repellents; Synthetic repellents; Y tube olfactometer

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECT REPELLENT; LAVENDER OIL; LIMONENE; NEEM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; ANIMAL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CITRUS LIMON; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; DIPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; INSECT REPELLENTS; PLANT OILS; SPAIN;

EID: 84922819330     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12081     Document Type: Article

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